Fast Times at ObamaCare High

The law's supporters are already crediting it with spending miracles.

Jan. 7, 2014 7:08 p.m. ET

The worst must be over for the Affordable Care Act because its boosters are taking credit for trends that began long before the law passed. Maybe ObamaCare should also get retroactive political credit for the germ theory of disease.

All the back-slapping is over Monday's report by federal actuaries that U.S. public and private health spending rose only modestly in 2012, growing 3.7% to $2.8 trillion. Because the economy grew somewhat...